The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950, Third Edition

In this Robert Anthony Orsi's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem, Orsi discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life.

Long Synopsis:

In an evocation of Italian Harlem and the men and women who lived there, Robert Orsi examines how the annual "festa" of the Madonna of 115th Street both influenced and reflected the lives of the celebrants. His prize-winning work seeks to offer a new perspective on lived religion; the place of religion in the everyday lives of men, women and children; the experiences of immigration and community formation; and American Catholicism.